Mullah Dadullah

Mullah Dadullah (1966-12 May 2007), also known as Dadullah Akhund, was the Minister of Construction of the Taliban from 1996 to 2001.

Biography
Dadullah Akhund was born to the Kakar tribe from Kalai-Kakaran in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, in 1966. Dadullah lost a leg during the Soviet-Afghan War, during which he fought for the Mujahideen. He was a member of the 10-man leadership council of the Taliban after they took power in 1996, and served as their Minister of Construction until the United States and NATO invasion of 2001.

After the conquest of Afghanistan by the Coalition, he became a spokesman for the rebel Taliban who fought against the occupation, and had hundreds of suicide bombers and 8,000 troops at his disposal. He was known to be a cruel Taliban leader who killed and beheaded civilians.

Death
In 2007, US, Afghan, and UK forces attacked his troop in Helmand Province as they left their sanctuary for a meeting with fellow commanders in southern Afghanistan. He was shot in the left eye and elsewhere, and his body was shown to journalists. The Taliban took five hostages and threatened to kill them if Dadullah's body was not returned; one was killed because it was not returned quickly enough.